Syracusan Nobles (Hannibal at the Gates) Spear Infantry

Light Hoplites

Hoplites date back to the wars between the Greek city-states in the 8th and 7th centuries BC. During the Greco-Persian Wars most hoplites wore a Corinthian-style bronze helm, and a cuirass of bronze or stiffened linen or canvas. They were armed with a short sword and an iron-tipped spear with a bronze counterbalance butt-spike. Hoplites were named, though, after the round hoplon shield they carried. The hoplon-and-spear combination required them to fight as a phalanx, a block of spearmen some eight ranks deep. When closed up, each man would find shelter behind the shield of his neighbour, creating a wall of bristling spear-points. While all hoplites were originally citizen-soldiers, full-time mercenaries took over and became the standard fighting unit of the Greek world. Later, under Phillip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great, the shield became smaller, while the spear developed into the five metre sarissa pike. Many armies adopted the phalanx of hoplites as a tactical unit because it was very successful in battle.

Unit Name Light Hoplites

Main Unit Key Gre_Light_Hoplites

Land Unit Key Gre_Light_Hoplites

Naval Unit Key pel_transport

Soldiers 160

Category Melee Infantry

Class Spear Infantry

Custom Battle Cost 440

Recruitment Cost 440

Upkeep Cost 90

Melee Attack 23

Weapon Damage 26

├ Melee Weapon rome_hoplite_spear

├ Melee Damage Base 20

├ Melee Damage Ap 6

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs. Large 15

├ Bonus vs Elephants 15

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 18

Melee Defence 45

├ Base Defence 30

├ Shield hoplite

└ Shield Defence 15

Armour 65

├ Armour padded

├ Armour Defence 20

└ Shield Armour 45

Health 55

├ Man Entity rome_infantry_light_fast

├ Man Health 40

└ Bonus Hit Points 15

Base Morale 45

Abilities

• Hoplite Wall
  The unit moves into close wall formation.
  Bracing, melee defence, shield strength
  Acceleration, speed
• Rapid Advance
  Improved unit movement speed over an extended period.
  Speed, acceleration, charge speed
  Exertion: fatigue

Attributes

• Disciplined
  This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
• Formation Attack
  The unit will try to stay in formation when in melee.
• Hide (forest)
  This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Very poor hull strength
• Very slow speed
• Weak ramming

• Average defensive unit
• Low damage but average armour penetration
• Weak attack
• Poor morale

Requires Buildings
Lv. 0	Muster Field (greek_military_1) Level 0 Holosideros Barracks (greek_military_heavy_2) Level 1 Hoplite Barracks (greek_military_heavy_3) Level 2 Royal Barracks (greek_military_heavy_4) Level 3 Periokos Camp (greek_military_light_2) Level 1 Skirmisher Camp (greek_military_light_3) Level 2 Mercenary Camp (greek_military_light_4) Level 3

Garrison Buildings
x 2	Muster Field (greek_military_1) Level 0 Holosideros Barracks (greek_military_heavy_2) Level 1 Periokos Camp (greek_military_light_2) Level 1 Skirmisher Camp (greek_military_light_3) Level 2 Mercenary Camp (greek_military_light_4) Level 3

Faction Availability
Grand Campaign	Athens Athenian Boule Athenian Secessionists Syracuse Syracusan Nobles Syracusan Secessionists Knossos Rhodos Trapezos Massilia Massilian Nobles Massilian Secessionists
Samnite Wars	Greek Cities (Samnite Wars)
Caesar in Gaul	Massilia (Caesar in Gaul)
Hannibal at the Gates	Syracuse (Hannibal at the Gates) Syracusan Nobles (Hannibal at the Gates) Syracusan Secessionists (Hannibal at the Gates) Emporion (Hannibal at the Gates) Massilia (Hannibal at the Gates)
Imperator Augustus	Judea (Imperator Augustus)